Spring 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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My dad's question

Last week, while my dad was driving me to TKD he asked me a question. He was asking how the black belt was going, I told doing good, struggling with my journals and pulls up, but nothing to worry about. Then he asked "Courtney, would it have been better if me or your mom have done the black belt cycle with me?". I asked him to explain because i didn't understand the question. He said would it have been better if he and mom did all the same physical requirements I had to do while i was on the cycle.

I had to think about it, but I told him no, I'm glad I did it on my own. I had to motivate myself. I could rely on my mom to say "Court lets go jogging", i had to get my butt up and tell my self to do. I had to be responsible for my self. Because if I didn't keep motivating myself, I would have slowed down and starting getting lazy. I didn't want that. I told my parents I could handle it, I told Master Hartle and Master Chelly I could do it. I did not want to fail this.

Besides my parents did help me, my mom went jogging with me. My dad would do push-ups with me in the morning sometimes. I really appreciate that.

November 1, 2015
November 1st